A Closer Look

In partnership with the Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival, Michelin hosted its 2nd Annual Junior Challenge Design Contest.
Michelin asked students at Beaufort County high schools to produce drawings and an explanation of the idea of what a classic car of the future could
look like.Once the entries were received they were judged by a panel at Michelin’s headquarters and a top entry was chosen from each high school. Read More →

In partnership with the Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival, Michelin hosted its 2nd Annual Junior Challenge Design Contest.
Michelin asked students at Beaufort County high schools to produce drawings and an explanation of the idea of what a classic car of the future could
look like.Once the entries were received they were judged by a panel at Michelin’s headquarters and a top entry was chosen from each high school.

Scholarships Awarded

School winners were each given a $500 college scholarship and overall winner Lily Tothero received an additional $500. Her work is pictured below. A $1,000
scholarship went the school of the grand prize winning entrant, which was Hilton Head High School. Prizes were sponsored by Driving Young America,
the Concours d’Elegance charitable foundation.

Winning Entries Exhibited

The 7 winning entries were unveiled at the 2018 Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival on
November 2-4, 2018 and prize money was awarded to each of the winners. The winning work was on display at the Arts Center through January 2019. Pictured
below is the entry by Becca Keating and Catherine McLean from Bluffton High School.

The Arts Center recently finished training a group of Traveling ArtsReach Program volunteers and launched this free arts enrichment program at local elementary
schools in January 2019, with a goal to serve 100 elementary classrooms by May 2019. This arts enrichment program will give students in grades 1-5
the opportunity to learn about “Master Artists” as they increase their artistic literacy. Read More →

The Arts Center recently finished training a group of Traveling ArtsReach Program volunteers and launched this free arts enrichment program at local elementary
schools in January 2019, with a goal to serve 100 elementary classrooms by May 2019. This arts enrichment program will give students in grades 1-5
the opportunity to learn about “Master Artists” as they increase their artistic literacy.

How it All Began

The Arts Center was awarded a SC Arts Commission Arts in Education Grant for a new program called the Traveling ArtsReach Program or “TAP”. This new prototype is a visual arts exposure and enrichment program that will address the lack of opportunities for underserved
youth to experience professional visual art instruction in Jasper and Beaufort counties.

How it Works

The Arts Center is training part-time volunteers to present 5 easy but impactful visual arts lessons to students in grades 1-5 across Beaufort and Jasper
Counties. After training, volunteers will begin going into the schools starting in January 2019. Classroom teachers will make a request for their class
and the Arts Center will match that request with an available volunteer. The volunteer will teach the classes at no cost to the school. Download a TAP brochure now!

All curriculum and supplies will be provided and mileage will be reimbursed. Volunteers will work with one elementary class at a time but may have several
sessions in one day. The program is funded through May 2019 but the Arts Center hopes to secure funding to continue and further develop the program
into 2019-2020 school year.

Program Goals

Serve 100 elementary classrooms by May 2019 (Grades 1-5).

Provide free arts enrichment experiences to area Elementary School Classrooms.

Increase students’ artistic literacy and foster art appreciation with lessons that involve iconic/important works of art.

Students will learn proper use and care of art materials.

Students will learn and use new and creative techniques to assist in problem solving and these skills are applied to other core curriculum subjects
in school.